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ICE, paper and regenerated cellulose, Nylon (unstretched and lightly stretched), and to a certain extent natural cellulose, lignin and wool are typical examples of hydrogen-bond dominated solids (whose mechanical properties are mostly controlled by the density and characteristics of the hydrogen bond). Previously1 I have shown that for these materials, Young's modulus E is related to N, the effective number of H bonds per cm3 responding to unidirectional stress, by E = kN1/3. For cellulosics k is ∼ 8 × 102 when E is in Pa. Two major rheological characteristics of hydrogen-bond dominated solids are their ready softening by water and their relaxation of stress with time under constant strain. Thus, EW/E0, the ratio of the modulus at w g H2O/g solid to the modulus at w= 0, drops to very small values for paper at saturation. Similarly, Et/E0, the modulus at time t to E at t = 0 in a stress relaxation experiment, drops to small ratios at high values of t. I postulate that both types of loss in E arise from reductions in N, through H-bond dissociation. I find this dissociation can be in one of three modes: I, II and III.
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NISSAN, A. Three modes of dissociation of H bonds in hydrogen-bond dominated solids. Nature 263, 759 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1038/263759a0
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